Lufeng, Section D, Layer 3 (Miocene of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (25.0° N, 102.1° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 101.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)

• time: upper Miocene, equivalent to Turolian, 7-8 Myr

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; black, brown lignite and unlithified, black, gray sandstone

• Blackish brown massive lignite with compact and solid texture. Partially intercalated with blackish gray laminated sand and sandy clay. Occasionally there are some burrows in the lignite. White spots and grayish green epiphytes are common in the bed. Thickness 0,3-1,4 m.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: G. Qi. 1985. Stratigraphic summarization of Ramapithecus fossil locality, Lufeng, Yunnan. Acta Anthropologica Sinica (Renleixue xuebao) 4(1):55-69 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 44221: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 05.09.2004, edited by Lars van den Hoek Ostende

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Ictitherium sp.2 Wagner 1848 hyaena
 Carnivora - Viverridae
Viverridae indet.2 Gray 1821 civet
genus 1+2
Paradoxurinae indet.2 Gray 1864 civet
Viverra sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 civet
 Carnivora - Felidae
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Eomellivora cf. wimani2 Zdansky 1924 ratel
Lutrinae indet.2 Baird 1857 otter
Sivaonyx bathygnathus2 Lydekker 1884 otter
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursinae indet.2 Swainson 1835 bear
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Hyotherium sp.1 von Meyer 1834 pig
Potamochoerus sp.1 Gray 1854 pig
sp. 1+2+3
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Dorcabune sp.1 Pilgrim 1910 chevrotain
Dorcatherium sp.1 Kaup 1839 chevrotain
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet.1 Gray 1821 deer
Metacervulus sp.1 Teilhard de Jardin and Trassaert 1937 deer
sp. nov. 2
Muntiacus sp.1 Rafinesque 1815 muntjak
sp. nov. +sp. 2
 Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Moschus sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 musk deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet.1 Gray 1821 antelope
Selenoportax sp.1 Pilgrim 1937 antelope
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Yunoscaptor scalprum4 Storch and Qiu 1991 mole
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Hylomys aff. suillus4 Müller 1840 hedgehog
Lanthanotherium sanmigueli4 Villalta and Crusafont 1944 hedgehog
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
cf. Dremomys sp.3 Heude 1898 red-cheeked squirrel
? Forsythia sp.3 Mein 1970 squirrel
cf. Hylopetes sp.3 Thomas 1908 squirrel
Albanensia sp.3 Daxner-Höck and Mein 1975 squirrel
 Rodentia - Castoridae
cf. Monosaulax sp.3 Stirton 1935 beaver
 Rodentia - Muridae
Parapodemus sp.3 Schaub 1938 mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"Kowalskia sp." = Neocricetodon3
"Kowalskia sp." = Neocricetodon3 Schaub 1934 mouse
 Rodentia - Spalacidae
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix sp.3 Linnaeus 1758 porcupine
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Alilepus sp.3 Dice 1931 rabbit
 Scandentia - Tupaiidae
Tupaiidae indet.3 Gray 1825 tree shrew
 Primates - Pliopithecidae
Laccopithecus robustus5 Wu and Pan 1984 monkey